Saadi Sultanate
The Saadi Sultanate[2] (Arabic: السلطنة السعدية) was a Moroccan Sultanate in Africa. It was located in present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Sultanate was led by the Saadi dynasty[2][3] (Arabic: السعديون), an Arab[4] Moroccan Sharifian dynasty.[5][6]
Saadi Sultanate السلطنة السعدية (Arabic) | |||||||||||||
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| 1510–1659 | |||||||||||||
![Extent of the Saadian empire at the beginning of the 17th century[1]](/wiki/File:Saadiens_-_Carte_fin_XVIe_si%C3%A8cle_(revised).jpg) Extent of the Saadian empire at the beginning of the 17th century[1] | |||||||||||||
| Status | Ruling dynasty of Morocco | ||||||||||||
| Capital | |||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Berber languages | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy (Sultanate) | ||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||
• 1510–17 (first) | Muhammad al-Qa'im | ||||||||||||
• 1655–59 (last) | Ahmad al-Abbas | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• | 1510 | ||||||||||||
| 1541 | |||||||||||||
| 1554 | |||||||||||||
| 1578 | |||||||||||||
| 1591 | |||||||||||||
• | 1659 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Saadi dinar | ||||||||||||
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Saadi Sultanate Media
The Zawiya and mausoleum of Al-Jazuli today, founded in Marrakesh after Ahmad al-Araj moved Al-Jazuli's body here around 1524
The Bab Doukkala Mosque, built between 1557 and 1571 with the sponsorship of Lalla Mas'uda, during the reign of Moulay Abdallah al-Ghalib
Portuguese depiction of the corpse of King Sebastian I before Ahmad al-Mansur, Caetano Moreira de Costa Lima, 1886
A Portuguese depiction of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir, published in 1629
The remains of the El Badi Palace today in Marrakesh
During his short reign in Marrakesh, Abu Faris built the mosque and mausoleum in the religious complex of Sidi Bel Abbès.: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. 
The ornate western pavilion in the courtyard of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez was commissioned by Abdallah al-Ghalib II in 1609, after gaining control of the city.: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. 
Possible appearance of the banner (al-'alam al-mansûr) used by the Saadi sultanate, according to Nabil Mouline
Coranic School (106589859)
The Saadian Tombs in Marrakesh, mausoleum chamber of Ahmad al-Mansur
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References
- ↑ Sluglett, Peter. Atlas of Islamic History (in en) (2015-01-30)Routledge. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-317-58897-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Véronne, Chantal de la. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition (2012)Brill.
- ↑ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual (2004)Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748621378.
- ↑ Greengrass 2014, p. 503.
- ↑ Syed, Muzaffar Husain. A concise history of Islam (2011). New Delhi. ISBN 978-93-82573-47-0. OCLC 868069299.
- ↑ Abgadiyat, Editors. دراسة في مضمون النقوش الكتابية على عمائر الأشراف السعديين بالمغرب الأقصى (915 - 1069هـ/ 1510 - 1658م) (in en). Abgadiyat 9 (1) (2014-05-09). p. 150–194. doi:10.1163/22138609-90000027.
